Author: Daniel Barenboim

Quotes

Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.

Music is very abstract. When we talk about music, we're not discussing the music itself but rather how we react to it.

- Daniel Barenboim

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

- Daniel Barenboim

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

Music is not a profession. Music is a way of life - one that requires much professionalism.

- Daniel Barenboim

I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.

I'm one of the ones who believed the Iraq War was a complete mistake from the very beginning.

- Daniel Barenboim

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

To have real knowledge, one must understand the essence of things and not only their manifestations.

- Daniel Barenboim

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

Every great work of art has two faces, one toward its own time and one toward the future, toward eternity.

- Daniel Barenboim

Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.

Music is an art that touches the depth of human existence; an art of sounds that crosses all borders.

- Daniel Barenboim

Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.

Live life to the full, and become more curious every day. The more you find out about life, the richer your music-making will be.

- Daniel Barenboim

The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.

The problem with listening to music today is that there's so much of it everywhere. We've got used to hearing music without actually listening to it.

- Daniel Barenboim

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